Inventor · Cary, NC, US

William R. Richards

27Patents
7h-index
49Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 3, 1988 → Nov 2, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5547777A Fuel cell having uniform compressive stress distribution over active area Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US5786620A Fermi-threshold field effect transistors including source/drain pocket implants and methods of fabricating same Electricity 37 Expired
US8123915B2 Alkaline electrolyzer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US6237311A Reverse mowing prevention device Human Necessities 9 Expired
US9774322B1 Gate driver for depletion-mode transistors Electricity 9 Active
US5381751A Transportation and discharge of waste to abyssal depths Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US4956306A Method for forming complementary patterns in a semiconductor material while using a single masking step Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US9947787B2 Devices and methods for a power transistor having a schottky or schottky-like contact Electricity 7 Active
US10510869B2 Devices and methods for a power transistor having a Schottky or Schottky-like contact Electricity 7 Active
US8646010B2 Method and apparatus for providing bi-directional data services and live television programming to mobile platforms Electricity 7 Active
US10892362B1 Devices for LDMOS and other MOS transistors with hybrid contact Electricity 6 Active
US7121789B2 Arrangement for mounting a non-rotating component Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US11322611B2 Methods for LDMOS and other MOS transistors with hybrid contact Electricity 4 Active
US10036813B2 Verification of trustworthiness of position information transmitted from an aircraft via a communications satellite Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8496428B2 Banded turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10030995B2 Controller for an aircraft tracker Physics 2 Active
US7921442B2 Method and apparatus for simultaneous live television and data services using single beam antennas Electricity 2 Active
US7744344B2 Vane coupling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11522053B2 LDMOS with self-aligned body and hybrid source Electricity 1 Active
US8551304B2 Alkaline electrolyzer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US12113106B2 LDMOS with self-aligned body and hybrid source Electricity 0 Active
US11646371B2 MOSFET transistors with hybrid contact Electricity 0 Active
US9841001B2 Banded turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10511303B2 Gate driver for depletion-mode transistors Electricity 0 Active
US8262337B2 Utilization of renewable energy sources with a passively savonius rotor (PVSR) Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.